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Overbalance :: Overbalance (v. t.) To cause to lose balance or equilibrium.

Balance :: Balance (n.) To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize..

Emblem :: Emblem (n.) A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity..

Square :: Square (n.) To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts..

Sensibility :: Sensibility (n.) That quality of an instrument which makes it indicate very slight changes of condition; delicacy; as, the sensibility of a balance, or of a thermometer..

Equipondious :: Equipondious (a.) Of equal weight on both sides; balanced.

Outbalance :: Outbalance (v. t.) To outweight; to exceed in weight or effect.

Lift :: Lift (n.) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

Drosometer :: Drosometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the surface of a body in the open air. It consists of a balance, having a plate at one end to receive the dew, and at the other a weight protected from the deposit of dew..

Balance :: Balance (n.) An apparatus for weighing.

Auditor :: Auditor (a.) A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance..

Balance :: Balance (v. i.) To move toward a person or couple, and then back..

Balanced :: Balanced (imp. & p. p.) of Balanc.

Diptera :: Diptera (n. pl.) An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillae) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvae (called maggots) being usually without feet..

Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.

Balance :: Balance (n.) To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal; -- said of an item; as, this payment, or credit, balances the account..

Balancer :: Balancer (n.) One who balances, or uses a balance..

Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance..

Balancer :: Balancer (n.) In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing..

Rest :: Rest (n.) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities..

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